old name for the region of Eastern Europe that now mostly is the nation of Moldova, probably from Besarab, a dynastic name of Wallachian princes, said to be from Turkish basar. Related: Bessarabian.
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bespectacled
bespoke
bespread
besprinkle
Bessarabia
Bessemer
best
bestead
bestest
bestial
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